Steam pressing device



Feb. 24. 1925. 1,527,513

va. D. GOLDBERG swam PRESSING DEVICE Fild March 6, 1934 Patented Feb.24, I925.

ATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN I). GOLDBERG, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STEAM PRESSING DEVICE.

Application filed March 6, 1924.

1 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN D. GOLD- nnnc,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings ant State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Steam Pressing Devices, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to that class of cloth 1.0 pressing devices inwhich closely assembled metal points or teeth, usually consisting'ofline hard drawn Wire, project outward from a suitable base or foundationand afford in their assembly a support or bed for the fabric or clothbeing pressed.

The object of my invention is to secure durability and to attain otheradvantages over other constructions of pressing device heretoforedevised. To these ends my in vention consists essentially in supportingthe wire points or teeth in a foundation composed of two layers of wovenwire cloth or fabric maintained a short distance apart by suitablespacing means, the wires or teeth being set or fixed in the meshes ofthe two layers of wire cloth or fabric as hereinafter described so as tobe supported against flexure or turning in the foundation by beingengaged or held at two points, one near the so inner end of the wire orlength of the wire forming a point and the other a short distance abovethe same and nearer the free end which receives the pressure of thefabric being pressed.

The invention further consists in passing the wire points or teeththrough the foundation at an inclination to the general plane of thefoundation itself, the portion of wire above the base or foundationbeing extended vertically to receive at its extremity the verticalpressure of the cloth or fabric being pressed. By this construction thewire will more effectually resist the tendency to push back through thefoundation under the pres sure of the iron or pressing device.

The invention further consists in a foundation composed of two layers ofwire mesh or fabric, a spacing layer of porous material preferablynon-combustible interposed be tween said layers of woven wire mesh, thusmaking the wire points rigid in the foundation and preventing the samefrom moving, while at the same time affording means for passing anddistributing steam or moisture uniformly through the foundation. As-

Serial No. 697,353.

bestos may be employed as the non-combustible material.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the manner in which the wire 15 supported in a foundationconstructed according to my inventlon.

Fig. 2 illustrates a side in which the teeth may view of the way passthrough the foundation at an inclination for the purpose alreadydescribed.

mentioned and as will be presently Fig. 3 is a perspective view of aportion of a pressing device ance wlth my the teeth or pointsfoundation.

constructed in accordinvention with a few only of projecting above theFig. t illustrates my improved pressing device looking from beneath.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a pressing buck or pressing deviceequipped with my invention.

Fig. which 6 illustrates in plan the manner in one of the wire teeth orpoints is sus tained or engaged with the sides of wires forming the meshand bounding the space or mesh m which the wire point or tooth isreceived.

Fig. 7 shows the device with a separating or spacing layer consisting.of a number of layers of fabric.

Referring to Flg.

1, 3 indicates a layer shown in Fig. 6. At

3 is shown a similar layer of woven wire fabric, while & indicates aspacing layer fabric 3, 3.

between the layers of wire The points or teeth are shown as forming theextremities of U-shaped pieces of hard drawn wire both layers 3, 3.

passing through The spacing layer is adapted to allow the points of thewire 2 to be inserted through it and is porous so as to be capable ofbeing permeated by steam or moisture.

It may consist of a mass of porous material or as more fully illustratedin Fig. 7,

may be composed of one or more layers of fabric woven and sufliclentlyfirm to maintain a spaced relatlon of the layers 3, 3. points 2 beingfixed spaced layers 3, 8

As will be seen, the in the meshes of the will be held at two points,one near the foot of the wire and one some distance above holding thetooth so the foot, thus firmly that it cannot readily hinge or turn inits support in the foundation.

Fig. 2 illustrates a preferred manner of mounting the wire in afoundation of any kind to prevent it from being readily pressed backthrough the same after it has been inserted by pressing its pointsthrough from the back. The foundation shown is the same as thatillustrated in Fig. l but the wire which terminates in the supportingpoints for the material being pressed insteadof passing straight throughas shown in Fig. 1 passes through the foundation at an inclination tothe plane thereof, while a portion of the wire above the foundationwhich receives the pressure directly on its point extends practicallyperpendicular to the foundation. Hence, as will be readily seen, thepressure exerted vertically cannot as readily press the wire backthrough the foundation as it could if the wire should pass straightthrough the foundation as illustrated in Fig. 1. Furthermore, theexpansion of the wire pointin the mesh of the wire fabric due to theheat of the hot iron will cause it to bind or engage more firmly againstthe wire bounding the opening which receives the point.

In employing the device the hot iron may be applied either to the bottomor back of the foundation, when for instance the material is beingsteamed, the material itself being laid upon a board or table, or, (whenthe material is laid upon the assemblage of wire points the foundationresting upon the table, board or form) the iron of course is thenapplied to the material or to a cloth superposed on it.

VVh-at I claim as my invention is:

1. In a pressing device of the character described, a foundationconsisting of two layers of woven wire fabric held in spaced relationand wire points mounted in the meshes of said layers at two places oneabove the other 2. In a pressing device of the character described, afoundation consisting of two layers of wire mesh and an intermediatelayer of porous material spacing them apart, and wire points forming thesupporting bed passing through all of said layers said point engaged andheld against turning or hinging by engagement with the wire fabriclayers at two places one near the foot of the points and the other abovethe foot.

3. In a pressing device, the combination with a foundat on, of wirepoints retained therein and passing through the foundation at aninclination and extending therefrom perpendicularly to afford pointsengaged by the material being pressed.

4. In a pressing device of the character described, the combination witha founda tion consist ng of two layers of woven wire fabric and anintermediate spacing layer, of wire points retained in position by saidfoundation and passing through the same atuan inclination to the planethereof and extending perpendicularly to said plane.

5. In a pressing device of the character described, a foundation havinga plurality of layers of woven wire fabric and wire points passingthrough the meshes of said plurality of layers and supported thereby ata plurality of places one above the other.

6. In a pressing device of the character described, a foundationcons'sting of a. plurality of layers of woven wire fabric having wirepoints inserted through said layers and means for spacing said layersapart, said means consisting of a number of layers of a superposedporous fabric to allow passage of steam or moisture substantiallyuniformly over its whole area.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this5th day of March A. D. 1924.

BENJAMIN D. GOLDBERG.

